Here is an excerpt from an interview with a retired medical and wellness doctor….. Question: Health and wellness can be quite a challenge. Many of us battle. Are there any quick-wins or “hacks” that you can recommend? Things that really make a big impact with relatively little effort or cost? Answer: It’s a fair [...]

April 2 is Autism Awareness Day. Did you know that CDC statistics revealed that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is 4.3 times more prevalent in boys than it is in girls? This is because girls “often go undiagnosed because they don’t fit autism stereotypes and they mask symptoms better than boys do,” according to the [...]

Flu Vaccine now Available at your wellness clinic! With flu season looming, get your flu vaccine at your wellness clinic today! Visit your wellness clinic and Speak to a Clinic Sister on site for more information. Seasonal influenza is an acute respiratory infection caused by influenza viruses which circulate in all parts of the [...]

There’s a mouthful (!). But malocclusion just refers to poorly aligned teeth. It’s quite a concern for many parents and a good number of adults too. Let’s explain a few key basics here… By the Hollywood-standard it is probably true that well over 95% of us have poorly-aligned teeth! More realistically, malocclusion really refers [...]

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Here is a topic that makes the news from time to time and may crop up in our own personal or family lives too. How to know if someone is mentally sound and intact and functioning well? Or losing touch with reality, unable to solve problems and complete tasks, forgetful, etc? In many scenarios [...]

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Kidney Health for All Advancing equitable access to care and optimal medication practice Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is estimated to affect more than 850 million people worldwide and resulted in over 3.1 million deaths in 2019.[1] Presently, kidney disease ranks as the 8th leading cause of death[2], and if left unaddressed, it is projected [...]

Three must-know things about three important things. Jaundice As red blood cells naturally break down in the liver, all the time, a certain amount of a pigment called bilirubin is released. This is processed by the liver and excreted through the gall bladder into the gut. This is normal. If any part of this [...]

“If you make friends with yourself, you will never be alone” – Maxwell Maltz Ultimately, when everything is said and done, we only have ourselves. Last month, we shared some ideas around the topic of “Building and maintaining healthy relationships”. I believe that the most important relationship we should ever have on a human level, [...]